Project description:MC38 tumors resistant to anti-PD-1 treatment (MC38-resistant) were generated through serial in vivo passaging, and global gene expression analysis was used to compare resistant and parental tumors. MC38 and MC38-resistant tumors exhibited widespread changes in global gene expression.
Project description:Here we systematically dissected PDA intrinsic mechanisms of immune evasion by in vitro and in vivo CRISPR screening. Beyond the conserved set of genes regulating anti-cancer immunity we identified Rnf31 and Vps4b as essential factors required for escaping CD8+ T cell-killing. While the absence of Rnf31 induced sensitivity to T cell killing through TNF-mediated apoptosis in murine cancer cells and human PDA organoids, loss of Vps4b abrogated functional autophagy, resulting in accumulation of CD8+ T cell-derived granzyme B and subsequent tumor cell lysis.